Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> skribis: >> From: l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) >> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:09:40 +0100 >> >> >> As an aside, please keep the tone friendly as is the norm on this >> >> mailing list. >> > >> > Disagreement is not the same as unfriendliness. >> >> I agree. However I found the tone of your messages patronizing and >> aggressive, assuming bad faith and incompetence on the side of the Guile >> developers (“planning for wreckage”, “pretty pointless”, etc. etc.) > > FYI, I've communicated (and occasionally disagreed) with David for > many years, and I can assure you that you see something that simply > isn't there. He sometimes uses such "colorful" descriptions to make a > point more clear, that's all. People should be allowed to use their > personal style when writing, without being reprimanded, IMO.
I’m all for personal style, but I’m against passive-aggressive or downright aggressive style. The problem is not whether the person who writes is well-meaning or not; the problem is how others perceive it. If I, as an old-timer and maintainer, feel attacked when reading these messages, I can only think that newcomers may feel uncomfortable joining the conversation, at best. We’d be doing a disservice to our group by sending the message that it’s OK to be harsh to others. Ludo’.
